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Community Benefit

Northern Light Health hospitals provide a wide range of free or reduced cost programs and services to those who are sick, injured, or disabled. In addition, a vital role of Northern Light Health member organizations is to assess community needs and improve population health through prevention efforts.

Community benefits are provided via a broad range of community health improvement efforts. They are programs, services, and investments designed to improve the health of our communities and increase access to healthcare in response to identified community health needs.

Community benefits are designed to:

Improve access to healthcare services

Enhance the health of the community

Advance medical or healthcare knowledge

Relieve or reduce the burden of government

or other community efforts

Community benefit activities are integral to the mission of Northern Light Health and are the basis of tax exemption. While often unnoticed, Northern Light Health contributions improve population health and promote wellness for all who live, play, learn, and work in our communities.

At Northern Light Health, we’re building a better approach to healthcare because we believe people deserve access to care that works for them. As an integrated health delivery system serving Maine, we’re raising the bar with no-nonsense solutions that are leading the way to a healthier future for our state. Our more than 12,000 team members are committed to making healthcare work for you: our patients, communities, and employees.